School District Removes 'Divisive' Triangle Symbols

AgapePress ^ | January 21, 2003 | Jim Brown

[Buffalo Bob]

An Illinois school district has banned pro-homosexual signs from its classrooms because the signs created divisiveness and disruption.

Board members from Rich Township High School District 227 have decided to remove "rainbow triangles" that designated certain classrooms as "safe-zones" for homosexual, bisexual, or transgender students. Rich Township Superintendent Dr. Brian Knutson says the presence of the symbols on school property created a disruption.

"No matter how honorable our intentions were, that particular symbol became divisive," Knutson says. "We unintentionally may have pitted some teachers against one another because if a teacher chose not to have that symbol on their door -- it was on a voluntary basis -- did that mean they weren't a safe place to go to? That wasn’t the intent, but that's how some people perceived it -- and that was part of that divisiveness."

Knutson, who supported the multicolored triangles at the beginning of the school year, says the district should have sought community input on strategies to overcome problems of bullying and harassment in schools. He says the district did not do a good enough job communicating with parents.

"Had we shared with our school community some of the issues on the kids who were being bullied and harmed, set the stage, and then talked with the community about ways to address these needs, it would have been different," he says. "But unfortunately, we kept that dialogue just within our tight school family -- the staff themselves."

Knutson says the district does not intend to put a new "diversity" symbol in classrooms, but rather will simply implement its current policies that ensure the safety of all students.

[Buffalo Bob]

The New Butt Order® (NBO) is not gonna like this. I predict Satan's minions over at the ACLU already have plans to bankrupt this school district into submission before their Master.

[Red Jones]

it is good news that the young people at this school made the pink triangles divisive in order to stand up to the pc nazis. Maybe we should put up fish symbols for locations that are friendly to christians.

[Anti-Bolshevik]

Every student should be "safe" inside of a classroom _without_ regard to his/her sex, religion, color, sexual preference yada yada yada.

When you begin making exceptions -- in this case for sexual preference -- in a way that isn't necessary you move into very shaky territory... for a myriad of reasons.

[Jeff Chandler]

They have no business encouraging homosexuality, or forcing its acceptance upon students or faculty. The schools should teach the kids to behave like civilized people, that every individual should be treated with respect. Instead, they choose to indoctrinate them in leftist ideology. The entire school should be a safe zone for everyone. The whole idea of special protection for any one group is unAmerican.

[RAT Patrol]

It's nice to hear some good news for a change.

They can confront the issue of bullying in a general manner, without forcing a dumbing down of basic morality principles.

[JCG]

"No matter how honorable our intentions were, that particular symbol became divisive," Knutson says.

The man prevaricates. If refuge rooms were truly needed there would be some for the gothics, the nerds and the kids whose lunch money is extorted by schoolyard bullies.

This was just a propaganda effort to "fly the flag" and an attempt to get all the teachers to toe the homosexual line.

It failed.

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[Buffalo Bob]

They can confront the issue of bullying in a general manner, without forcing a dumbing down of basic morality principles.

Great minds think alike...

[Bob Mc]

Parents should teach the kids to behave like civilized people, that every individual should be treated with respect.

School should teach reading, writing, spelling, math, history, and science.

[Dionysius]

What should be removed is the band of imbeciles that came up with the idea in the first place.

[f.Christian]

The NBO . . . I see them everyday on the evo threads - - - the NHBO ! ! !

[Aeronaut]

Maybe we should put up fish symbols for locations that are friendly to christians.

In a public school?</sarcasm>

[Paul Atreides]

I can picture a sit-in by students and parents, chanting "H*ll no, we don't blow!".

[nothingnew]

It's nice to hear some good news for a change.

That it is, regardless of the reasoning.

FMCDH

[Jeff Chandler]

Parents should teach the kids to behave like civilized people, that every individual should be treated with respect.

School should teach reading, writing, spelling, math, history, and science.

Good point. Please allow me to rephrase that.

School should require the kids to behave like civilized people, and insist that every individual  be treated with respect.

[jwalsh07]

Special rights always cause divisiveness which is why AA is whithering on the vine.

[f.Christian]

jc...

They have no business encouraging homosexuality, or forcing its acceptance upon students or faculty. The schools should teach the kids to behave like civilized people, that every individual should be treated with respect. Instead, they choose to indoctrinate them in leftist ideology. The entire school should be a safe zone for everyone. The whole idea of special protection for any one group is unAmerican.


4 posted on 01/26/2003 3:07 PM PST by Jeff Chandler ( ; -)

fC...

They have no business encouraging homosexuality (( evolutuion // atheism )) **, or forcing its acceptance upon students or faculty. The schools should teach the kids to behave (( think )) ** like civilized people, that every individual should be treated with respect. Instead, they choose to indoctrinate them in (( hard core )) ** leftist ideology (PC // BIAS )) ** . The entire school should be a safe zone (( NO brainwashing )) ** for everyone. The whole idea (( tyranny )) ** of special protection (( MONOPOLY )) ** for any one group (( privelegdes )) ** is unAmerican (( forced RELIGION establishment // vetting // witch hunts // elites )) ** .


.. .. .. ** my additions !

[f.Christian]

bttt

[MrB]

School should teach reading, writing, spelling, math, history, and science.

They should not be concerned with the students' preference on where they would like to stick their genitals. And that's all that "orientation" refers to.